cognitive fun! talk RSS http://cognitivefun.net Cognitive neuroscience for everyone! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:36:54 -0800 hi Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:01:10 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_18500 hi Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:56:44 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_18498 Attribute your poor judgement to lack of insight; you will take the path to fewer mistakes; which will stimulate your drive to learn. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:18:44 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_18391 happy 2010 dogs Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:30:26 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_18093 hi Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:34:14 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_18042 hi Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:49:54 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_17997 hmm... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:39:32 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_17993 oh Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:38:33 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_17992 Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2009 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] Experience-dependent alterations in conscious resting state activity following perceptuomotor learning. Daselaar SM, Huijbers W, de Jonge M, Goltstein PG, Pennartz CM. University of Amsterdam, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science. In monkeys and rats, neural activity patterns during learning are reactivated during subsequent periods of rest or sleep. According to the reactivation-consolidation account, this process underlies the consolidation of memories. Brain imaging studies have extended these findings to humans during sleep, but not yet, during rest. Here, we show that learning-related reactivation also occurs in humans during rest. During functional MRI-scanning, participants trained on a perceptuomotor task flanked by rest periods. During training, we found robust activity in the superior parietal cortex. During post-training rest, this same area reactivated. We also found a link between parietal reactivation and learning. Activity in superior parietal cortex was associated with learning during training, and a control group that did not train on the perceptuomotor task did not show any difference between the pre- and post-training rest blocks in this region. These findings indicate that, during rest, reactivation also occurs in humans. This process may contribute to consolidation of perceptuomotor memories. Copyright © 2009. Published by Elsevier Inc. this study provides a basis for a relationship between workload and learning... kind of like work and pleasure a polar combination on a seesaw seeking an optimal balance too far in one way and its just as messed up as too far in the other chalk another one up for moderation. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:39:01 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_17809 Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester). 2009 Dec 22:1-19. [Epub ahead of print] Metacognitive monitoring and strategic behaviour in working memory performance. Touron DR, Oransky N, Meier ME, Hines JC. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA. Research indicates that cognitive age differences can be influenced by metacognitive factors. This research has generally focused on simple memory tasks. Age differences in working memory (WM) performance are pronounced, but are typically attributed to basic cognitive deficits rather than metacognitive factors. However, WM performance can be influenced by strategic behaviour that might be driven by metacognitive monitoring. In the current project, we attempted to connect these lines of research by examining age differences in metacognitive WM monitoring and strategies. In Experiment 1, younger and older adult participants completed a computerized operation span task in conditions that either required or did not require monitoring reports. Participants in the monitoring condition predicted and postdicted global performance for each block and rated their responses following each trial within a block. In Experiment 2, participants also reported their trial-level strategic approach. In contrast to the age equivalence typically found for simple memory monitoring, results demonstrated age differences in WM monitoring accuracy. Overall age differences in strategy use were not found, but using effective strategies benefited older adults' performance more than younger adults'. Furthermore, age-related differences in the WM task appear to be mediated by the accuracy of performance monitoring. metacognitive monitoring being recognized as a variable affecting cognitive performance, but still with underestimated importance. in my psychiatry rotation, i learned about insight and judgment. attribute your poor judgment to an innate judgment deficiency; your mistakes have just begun. attribute your poor judgment to lack of insight; you'll never make a mistake. and you'll always want to learn. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:55:19 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_17797 aging strategically Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:55:19 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/17796#r_17796